Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-10-10
Industrial Brcvities.

taken place in the flocks of Buenos
Ayres province, where Fat sheep are
now so scarce that some OF the trozen-
mutton factories have stopped working. |
A project for giving bounties on the |
export of frozen beef and mutton has
| been laid before congress by President
Colman and Minister Pacheco and is
pretty certain to be accepted. Europe
ans do not like Argentine beef and the
! government proposes to give a bounty
of $50 for every ton exported. Europe
ans tolerate Argentine mutton ana so
the bounty is TO be only SO ton. There
is also to be duty of So each on cat
tle exported alive. 1t will be very
kind of the Argentine people to pay
portion of European butchers bills.
To show the heavy reductions at
present being made upon farm rents in
Scotland. few examples OF recent
transactions in farm-letting in the coun-
ties of Forfar Perth, and Fife may be
piyep. On the estate in FOrfarshire OF
Lord Strathmore eleven large farms
have lust been relet to their old tenants
at a reduction in each case OF 20 per
cent. In Perthshire the farm OF Hunt
ingtower has been let at t35O. while
the former rent was f6S0, and the farm
of Montague at f300 instead of t5OO
AS formerly. In Ffeshire, the follow
ing farms have lately been let: New
ton of Lathrisk at f47O, former rent
1868; Little Frenchie at t26O, former
rent f323; Dalginch at f2o4. former
rent f4OO; and Randerston at f450,
former rent tS74.
ID. B. Harrington. secretary OF the
Ingham County (Michigan) Agricultur-
al society, and an extensive potato
grower, has received answers to inqui-
ries made by him from twenty-three
! potato- growers in sixteen different
states as to the outlook for potatoes.
i The result may be summed up about as
follows: In New York, Pennsylvania,
: and Maryland the crop is
good. In New England about
two thirds of crop. In ONO.
Indiana, Illinois. Michigan. Wisconsin,
r Nebraska, Iowa. Kansas. and Kentucky
3 about quarter of a crop. In Missouri
l half crop. Average price about "a
: cents per bushel with upward tenden-
cv. There is no doubt but potatoes
1 will be scarce and high until the next
g crop is grown.
Q At the meeting of the Royal Botanic
It Society of England recently among
: other curiosities plant life exhibited
d was a leaf of the Victoria water-llly
s seven feet in diameter. showing th'
= peculiar structure of the undersld'
1t of the leaf. from which one Nigh
:. suppose the cellular structure o
, some ironclads and other ltrge YES
d sells was taken. The radiatng rib
d or veins resemble L girders tied togeth
'e err by deep lateral walls, forming man!
70 air-tight cells, some so large as 'O con
is tain ten ounces of water, and, OF course
II when floating on the water and hlle'
y with air giving remarkable buoyanc
N to the leaf, single leaf having bee
It, known to support weight OF lou
Or hundred pounds.
1t would seem as if the black mu
ID berry would be one of the best kinG
e, of tree to plant along roads and higi
le ways for Shade. 1t certainly make
ne splendid shade and is much han'
to somer tree than the locust Its fru
Sc is GOOD for home use, and would ser'
no to keep the birds from the orchard
'st Its wood is said to be as valuable
he red-rood for fence-posts. Z. A Iuti
ct saws that on his fathers farm in ives
ill ern New York mulberry fence pos
e. were cool and sound after being IN Il
,st ground more than Twenty-Five year
,es and v. v. Mann recalls that in Mlsso
he RI. when every man was his own coo
nd or mulberry wood was considered q
he best that could be had for cooperage.
hao
NJ trouble themselves with the bee-stll
An remedies, but amateurs, and those
is' whom the flesh swells when stung ne
KY the ewes, often wish for somthlng tn
ge will reduce the swelling and pain. L
leo best remedy is q tincture OF plainta
oe- made by pouring alcohol over
IN freshly gathered leaves, and allowing
rec To remain until it turns black, when
Zoe is poured off and bottled. IL this rem
Tor dy ia applied Immediately after
. wound is given, the swelling and pa
ace will be scarcely perceptible. 1t
lnu person is severely stung few drops
10 the tincture can be taken internally.
~ The best selling and most marke
gut hIe melon of the south is the KOlb Ge
oes This is the variety that is sent to \
-. Ork anu DDotOh l'c'he0
,ns ' is also very popular with the westt
iai i trade. 1t is large fruit. weighing
'Hu much as fifty or sixty pounds, with
-. m tough skin that protects 1t in tral
Us and a meat of inviting redness and d
It cious havo,. The pride OF Geor
- comes next and the Ice rlnd clos
a follows. There are probably h
SO dred other varieties, but the tn
u1o mentioned are the market favorites
irv One of the largest wheat-teldS in
~ world is that of ex-Congressman Y.
o~ Reed. of Stanislaus county, Callforl
,ar;- II consists of ten thousand acres in
of unbroken stretch along the bank OF
,sed San Joaquin river, and much OF
ome land is protected by levees. as
vim stream is higher than the shore.
,har Grain this year is as high as the bac
besa a horse, and it is estimated the
n;ng will be forty bushels to the acre.
inrf will give 100000 bushels. which
: be- load ten large vessels.
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